Ad Maoirem De Gloriam

+A.M.D.G. Yesterday August 29, 2010, I attended the Vocation Seminar at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, the said parish is run by a religious congregation under the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits. It was a very good and a life changing experience so to speak, they let us know the way of life as a member of their Society and their Charism, i was touched when Fr. Mon, SJ told us that we dont have to always pray to God on what we want to our life, coz we often ask God to give us this and that, rather we ask God on what do you want me to do for you? and Why did you put me here? this Question reckons me on the day that i found and learned that he is calling me to enter religious life, though i told my Divine Master that i offer my life for him and im willing to give up everything for him but i never ask him those questions, maybe i was afraid that He might answer me to a things or give me or i should say send me to congregation whom i dont like much, but as what Brother Chrys,S...

August 15, 2010 Feast of the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary The following story illustrates the great power Our Lady has and the importance of praying for the conversion of sinners.  I found this from the following artical:  http://www.sspx.org/books/Is_Feeneyism_Catholic.pdf *** *** *** *** There was in the 19th century in France a very famous converted Jew, Fr. Augustine Marie of the Blessed Sacrament, born Hermann Cohen. After his conversion, he became a Carmelite monk and a renowned preacher. He restored the Carmelite Order in England. He worked hard for the conversion of his family. By the grace of God, he succeeded in the conversion of his sister and her son;but he did not succeed with the conversion of his mother. He prayed, made sacrifices, talked with her, to no avail. She died with no apparent sign of repentance. The poor monk was so sad, yet never despaired in the mercy of the Sacred Heart. For several years, God left him in this trial; but one day he met...

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity August 15th Mateo Cerezo Assumption of Mary Oil on canvas, 237 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid 'See the beauty of the daughter of Jerusalem, who ascended to heaven like the rising sun at dawn.' -- Benedictus antiphon from Daily Office "By contemplating Mary in heavenly glory, we understand that the earth is not the definitive homeland for us either, and that if we live with our gaze fixed on eternal goods we will one day share in this same glory and the earth will become more beautiful. Consequently, we must not lose our serenity and peace even amid the thousands of daily difficulties. The luminous sign of Our Lady taken up into Heaven shines out even more brightly when sad shadows of suffering and violence seem to loom on the horizon. "We may be sure of it: from on high, Mary follows our footsteps with gentle concern, dispels the gloom in moments of darkness and distress, reassures us with...

The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis De Montfort PART I - WHAT THE ROSARY IS First Rose The prayers of the Rosary The rosary is made up of two things: mental prayer and vocal prayer. In the Holy Rosary mental prayer is none other than meditation of the chief mysteries of the life, death and glory of Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. Vocal prayer consists in saying fifteen decades of the Hail Mary, each decade headed by an Our Father, while at the same time meditating on and contemplating the fifteen principal virtues which Jesus and Mary practised in the fifteen mysteries of the Holy Rosary. In the first five decades we must honor the five Joyous Mysteries and meditate on them; in the second five decades the Sorrowful Mysteries and in the third group of five, the Glorious Mysteries. So the Rosary is a blessed blending of mental and vocal prayer by which we honor and learn to imitate the mysteries and virtues of the life, death, passion and glory of Jesus and Mary. ...